noun
pl. -·roi a statue of a nude male youth in a standing position, from the archaic period of Greek art (620-500 )
Origin of kouros
Gr, dialect, dialectal form of koros, boy, youthkouros
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kouros
noun
pl. kou·roi,A sculpture representing a standing nude young man, especially one produced in Greece before the fifth century BC.
Origin of kouros
Greek boy ; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
Ionic Ancient Greek κοῦρος (kouros), variant of Ancient Greek κόρος (koros, “boy”).
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